#B28138#B28138

#B28138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.108 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28138
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 11.51, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 47.17, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.029 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.108 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9259, 25.4531, 7.2354)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28138 #3869B2

analogous

#B24438 #B28138 #A6B238

triadic

#B28138 #38B281 #8138B2

tetradic

#B28138 #38B244 #3869B2 #B238A6

square

#B28138 #38B244 #3869B2 #B238A6

split-complementary

#B28138 #38A6B2 #4438B2

monochromatic

#553E1B #835F29 #B28138 #CC9F5C #DABA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B28138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B28138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28138

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28138	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.108 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda572',
    500: '#b28138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28138;
$custom-light: #cda572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63798,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28138

secondary

#819CC5

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28138

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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